Prague Independent Film Festival

Prague Independent Film Festival (PIFF) (Pražský festival nezávislých filmů) is an international film festival held annually in August in Prague, the capital of Czech Republic. The festival focuses on independent cinema. Festival founder and director is Diana Ringo.

2016
Prague Independent Film Festival was held for the first time on 15–18 August 2016 in the cinemas Kino Evald, Kino Atlas and Kino Lucerna. The festival program consisted of 33 films. Opening film of the festival was Rocco has Your Name by Angelo Orlando. Angelo Orlando won the Best Screenplay award and the leading actor Michele Venitucci received the Best Actor award.

Grand Prix of the festival – The Golden Eagle – was awarded to the Bulgarian drama film Sinking of Sozopol by Kostadin Bonev.

Shamim Sarif received the Best Feature Film award for her espionage drama Despite the Falling Snow based on the best selling eponymous novel written by herself. Rebecca Ferguson was awarded Best Actress and Anthony Head received the Best Supporting Actor award.

Best Animated Film was awarded to The Snow Queen 2 from the Russian animation company Wizart Animation. The film was written and directed by Aleksey Tsitsilin and produced by Timur Bekmambetov.

Best Short Film was awarded to the short film Cora made by Kevin Maxwell, a student of Santa Monica College who was supervised by Salvador Carrasco.

2017
The opening film of the festival was Collector by Alexei Krasovsky. Alexei Krasovsky received the Best Director, Gustav Meyrink Prize and Konstantin Khabensky received the Best Actor award.

The film Maya Dardel, written and directed by Magdalena Zyzak and Zachary Cotler received the Best Screenplay award and Lena Olin received the Best Actress award.

Train Driver's Diary directed by Milos Radovic received the Grand Prix, Best Feature Film and Lazar Ristovski received the Best Actor prize.

2023
Best Feature Film Best Director Best Actress Best Film Score Best Short Film Best Short Film Director Best Cinematography Best Art Direction Best Animated Film Best Screenplay Best Documentary Film Best Experimental Film Best Music Video Best Unproduced Script
 * Unfix — Directed by Graham Streeter
 * Anna Eriksson — W
 * Anna Eriksson — W
 * You Are The Story — Music by Saro Cosentino & Tim Bowness
 * The Intermission — Directed by Ben von Grafenstein
 * Yusuke Ishide — The Master of Sento
 * Cactus — Directed by Dimitris Zouras
 * Anna Eriksson - W
 * A Boat in the Rain - directed by Yoana Atanasova
 * A Rush of Peace - written by M Hayward Scott & directed by Jake Lockett
 * Egypt - Directed by Erik Jakobsen
 * Achilles - Directed by Adam Morris
 * Kogersin - Directed by Malik Zenger
 * The Dream of America — Written by Bo Svenson

Honorary Mentions
 * Damon Mckinnis - Unfix
 * Natalie Brown - Slut Chain
 * Margaux Tiltman - Oh Claire!
 * Christopher Willis - The Book of Disquiet

2022
Grand Prix
 * The Road to Galena — Directed by Joe Hall

Best Director
 * Joe Hall — The Road to Galena

Best Feature Film
 * Troubled Minds — Directed by Raitis Abele & Lauris Abele

Best Short Film
 * The Turn of the Screw — Directed by Chris Fretwell

Best Actor
 * Luke Mably - The Ghost Writer

Best Cinematography
 * Sally Leapt Out Of A Window Last Night — Directed by Tracy Spottiswoode

Best Art Direction
 * The Ghost Writer — Art direction by Belle Mundi

Best Screenplay
 * Troubled Minds — Raitis Abele & Lauris Abele

Best Documentary
 * Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters — Directed by Kevin Konrad Hanna & Jim Demonakos

Best Musical
 * A Minute To Midnight: A Musical — Directed by Caue Barcelos & Patrick Flanagan

Best Experimental Film
 * CANAL - Will Rahilly

Best Animated Film
 * Kuwonererwa - Ronald Kabicek

Best Music Video
 * Got to move - Oltscho

Best Unproduced Script
 * Mad Bad Dangerous to Know - Written by Leonora Pitts & Emily Robinson

Honorary Mention (Student Film)
 * Righteous - Directed by Ethan Grossman

2021
Grand Prix Best Director Best Feature Best Cinematography Best Screenplay Best Documentary Best Documentary ex aequo Best Actor Best Supporting Actor Best Music Score Best Short Film Best Short Film Director Best Experimental Best Student Film Best Art Direction Best Animation Best Music Video
 * The Final Stand — Directed by Vadim Shmelyov
 * The Final Stand — Directed by Vadim Shmelyov
 * The Stairs — Directed by Peter "Drago" Tiemann
 * Sashka. A Soldier's Diary (ru) — Directed by Kirill Zaytsev. Cinematography by Vladimir Klimov
 * Sashka. A Soldier's Diary — Directed by Kirill Zaytsev. Screenplay by Ivan Klochko & Igor Konyaev.
 * OLEG — Directed by Nadia Tass
 * The Great Suppression: How Covid-19 Reignited the Fight for Life & Liberty — Directed by Deborah Wright
 * Sergey Bezrukov — The Final Stand
 * John Schneider — The Stairs
 * The Final Stand — Score by Yuri Poteenko
 * The Stench — Directed by Won Jang
 * Radda Novikova — Moscow Slide
 * Geneva Jacuzzi's Casket — Directed by Chris Friend
 * Old Cliff Rising — Curtis Roland
 * The Swamp — Directed by Erkki Perkiömäki
 * Feeling Lonely — Directed by Julian Nazario Vargas
 * Mari Kraimbrery - Pryatalas v vannoi — Directed by Serghey Grey

2020
Grand Prix Best Feature Film Best Screenplay Best Actor Best Actress Best Short Film Best Music Video Best Student Film Best Art Direction Best Documentary Best Cinematography Best Animated Film Best Experimental Film
 * Lost Transmissions — Directed by Katharine O'Brien
 * Man from Beirut — Directed Christoph Gampl
 * Best Director
 * Raimundas Banionis — Purple Mist
 * Purple Mist — Raimundas Banionis
 * Simon Pegg — Lost Transmissions
 * Juno Temple — Lost Transmissions
 * Lucie Vondráčková — Beyond her Lens
 * Unknown Mother — Wai Yin Wong
 * Nice Shoes — Directed by Jonathan Lawrence
 * Out of Touch — Directed by Bobby Murphy
 * Eerie Fairy Tales — Directed by Meet Sander
 * ''Living in the Age of Miracles' — Directed by Mia Tomikawa
 * Man from Beirut — Cinematography by Eeva Fleig
 * Spectre's Bride — Directed by Francesca Borgatta
 * Last Film — Directed by Martiros Vartanov

2019
Grand Prix Gustav Meyrink Prize (Jury Prize) Best Feature Film Best Director Best Screenplay Best Actor Best Short Film Best Music Video Best Student Film Best Art Direction Best Documentary Best Cinematography Best Animated Film Best Experimental Film
 * M — Directed by Anna Eriksson
 * The Snow Queen: Mirrorlands — Directed by Robert Lence, Alexey Tsitsilin
 * M — Directed by Anna Eriksson
 * Kostadin Bonev — Away from the Shore
 * Night Walk — Aziz Tazi
 * Mickey Rourke — Night Walk
 * Aji — Anastasia Berezovsky
 * Dark like the night. Karenina-2019 — Directed by Radda Novikova
 * Hinge — Directed by Lisa Ann Mayo
 * Land of Winter — Directed by Tommy Creagh
 * To tell a Ghost — Directed by Chris Piotrowicz, Stefan Ehrhardt
 * Away from the Shore — Cinematography by Konstantin Zankov
 * Burning Bright — Directed by Aaron Bierman
 * We are in a Dream — Directed by Henna Välkky, Eesu Lehtola

2018
Grand Prix Honorary Award Best Feature Film Best Director Best Screenplay Best Actor Best Short Film Best Music Video Best Art Direction Best Documentary Best Cinematography Best Animated Film Best Experimental Film
 * Octav — Directed by Serge Ioan Celebidachi
 * Konstantin Khabensky
 * Ivanov — Directed by Dimitri Falkovich
 * Graham Streeter — I May Regret
 * I May Regret — Graham Streeter
 * Marcel Iures — Octav
 * Mr. Goody — Jason MacDonald
 * #INSTAGRAM — Directed by Valeriya Gai Germanika
 * Dance to the Party — Directed by Wayne Isham
 * Ballad of the Righteous Merchant — Directed by Herbert Golder
 * Ivanov — Cinematography by Georges Lechaptois
 * Moon's Milk — Directed by Ri Crawford
 * It Grows Dark — Directed by Benjamin Capps

2017
Grand Prix Best Feature Film Best Director Best Screenplay Best Cinematography Best Actor Best Actress Best Short Film Best Experimental Film Best Art Direction Best Music Video Best Student Film Gustav Meyrink Prize (Jury Prize)
 * Train Driver's Diary – Directed by Milos Radovic
 * Train Driver's Diary – Directed by Milos Radovic
 * Alexei Krasovsky – Collector
 * Zachary Cotler and Magdalena Zyzak – Maya Dardel
 * Rana Kamran – Mah e Mir
 * Lazar Ristovski – Train Driver's Diary
 * Konstantin Khabensky – Collector
 * Lena Olin – Maya Dardel
 * The Light Thief – Eva Daoud
 * Time – Retrograde — Directed by David Ellis
 * Ghosts on the Road to Camalt – Directed by Jason Tovey
 * God Came 'Round – Directed by Derek Frey
 * Muñecas – Directed by Ozzy Ozuna
 * Collector – Directed by Alexei Krasovsky

2016
Grand Prix Best Feature Film Best Director Best Screenplay Best Cinematography Best Actor Best Actress Best Supporting Actor Best Short Film Best Experimental Film Best Animated Film Best Comedy Film Best Horror Film Best Art Direction Best Special Effects Best Music Score Best Music Video
 * Sinking of Sozopol — Directed by Kostadin Bonev
 * Despite the Falling Snow — Directed by Shamim Sarif
 * Kostadin Bonev — Sinking of Sozopol
 * Angelo Orlando — Rocco Has Your Name
 * Konstantin Zankov — Sinking of Sozopol
 * Michele Venitucci — Rocco Has Your Name
 * Rebecca Ferguson — Despite the Falling Snow
 * Anthony Head — Despite the Falling Snow
 * Cora — Directed by Kevin Maxwell
 * NO SIGNAL — Directed by David Ellis
 * The Snow Queen 2 — Directed by Aleksey Tsitsilin
 * Seth — Directed by Zach Lasry
 * Woods — Directed by Sean van Leijenhorst
 * Forgiveness — Directed by Rima Irani
 * Forgiveness — Directed by Rima Irani
 * Green Lake — Directed by Derek Frey
 * FIRE by The Winery Dogs — Directed by Steven Lyon